--- title: How We Saved 10s of Thousands of Dollars Deploying Low... description: Learn how to deploy low-cost open source AI technologies at scale with Kubernetes for generative AI applications, using alternatives to OpenAI and running vLLM... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How We Saved 10s of Thousands of Dollars Deploying Low Cost Open Source AI Technologies At Scale with Kubernetes | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to deploy low-cost open source AI technologies at scale with Kubernetes for generative AI applications, using alternatives to OpenAI and running vLLM... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/K4PphMZ8Y.png og:image:alt: How We Saved 10s of Thousands of Dollars Deploying Low Cost Open Source AI Technologies At Scale with Kubernetes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How We Saved 10s of Thousands of Dollars Deploying Low Cost Open Source AI Technologies At Scale with Kubernetes **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 12 min read · 36 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Learn how to deploy low-cost open source AI technologies at scale with Kubernetes for generative AI applications, using alternatives to OpenAI and running vLLM locally and on Kubernetes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bdougie** · 3 upvotes > This space is moving so fast and compute is getting cheaper for AI. Love seeing these tricks shared. **@bekahhw** · 1 upvotes > Fantastic post! It’s great to see open-source AI technologies in the spotlight. Thanks for the breakdown! **@nickytonline** · 0 upvotes > It was amazing to see the savings happen in real time. From receiving emails daily to up our credits to well, I don’t know when was the last time we got an email from OpenAI. 😎 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#rag](https://daily.dev/tags/rag) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How We Saved 10s of Thousands of Dollars Deploying Low Cost Open Source AI Technologies At Scale with Kubernetes","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T13:21:39.264Z","dateModified":"2024-05-14T13:21:38.459Z","description":"Learn how to deploy low-cost open source AI technologies at scale with Kubernetes for generative AI applications, using alternatives to OpenAI and running vLLM...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d4235331194a43a7b17476b919f4b9b7?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d4235331194a43a7b17476b919f4b9b7?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":4,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":36},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}],"keywords":"ai,open-source,kubernetes,genai,rag","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How We Saved 10s of Thousands of Dollars Deploying Low Cost Open Source AI Technologies At Scale with Kubernetes"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-saved-10s-of-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies-at-scale-wit-k4pphmz8y","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This space is moving so fast and compute is getting cheaper for AI. 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